Catnip Ain’t the Only Plant That’ll Send Your Kitty to Blissville
Three other plants tweak your feline’s neurons. The post Catnip Ain’t the Only Plant That’ll Send Your Kitty to Blissville…
Trump’s Trying to Chainsaw Nearly Every Environmental Program
Here’s an inventory of all the proposed cuts to US government environmental, energy, and climate programs. It goes way beyond…
Clean Energy Could Spark a Trade War Between the US and China
Trump wants to roll back climate-conscious government programs and make life easier for industry. China is doing the opposite. This…
The Great Lie of American Flood Risk
A national program sells flood insurance to millions of Americans—using flood projections that are sometimes decades out of date. The…
Plants Might Have Saved Earth From Permanent Ice Age
It’s plants, its rocks, its microscopic organisms living deep in the sea—it’s why most humans get to enjoy glacier-free lifestyles.…
The Fight to Legalize a Machine That Melts Flesh From Bone
Yesterday Nevada’s legislature held a hearing to discuss a bill that would legalize the chemical dissolution of the dead. The…
The Creeping, Quiet Gaslighting of the EPA
Legislation introduced in the House of Representatives appear to make the EPA more transparent and its science more relevant to…
The Government Might Not Want Energy Star, But Industry Does
If you’re an environmentally conscious consumer, you probably own more than a few devices bedazzled with an Energy Star logo.…
Lasers and Galoshes: How the Feds Divine if Rivers Need Help
Federal protection for water is way bigger—and way more technical—than the Clean Water Rule. The post Lasers and Galoshes: How…
Pluto’s Defenders Prepare to Fight for Its Planethood (Again)
What is a planet? It all depends on your perspective. The post Pluto’s Defenders Prepare to Fight for Its Planethood…